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the project site is within a fully developed mixed use area surrounded by residential uses to the west and the north and commercial and institutional buildings to the east and the south. the facility is within the cluster of institutional uses on eucalyptus that serves as a buffer between the residential neighborhood and the shopping center. the project is an expansion of the small residential care facility and as such is not expected to effect traffic, parking or transit operations in the neighborhood. the size of the proposed use is in keeping with the character of the adjacent residential neighborhood and the building on the site would remain residential in character with no external evidence of the use within. the department has received one comment in -- excuse me, objecting to the project because of concern about traffic and parking. the department recommends approval the project with conditions as the project promotes the provision of -- excuse me, of community-based residential care for the elderly, complies with the applicable requirements of the planning code and is consisten
the project site is within a fully developed mixed use area surrounded by residential uses to the west and the north and commercial and institutional buildings to the east and the south. the facility is within the cluster of institutional uses on eucalyptus that serves as a buffer between the residential neighborhood and the shopping center. the project is an expansion of the small residential care facility and as such is not expected to effect traffic, parking or transit operations in the...
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and use it as a tool to help us make some of our decisions. for example, the whole survey, as was mentioned earlier, the approximately 50% of the jobs in san francisco are held by nonresidents, a little bit more, i think. and i think we need -- the city should undertake focus groups with major employers in san francisco privately as well as their own city employees, which is a large employment group. ucsf and other state or federal and state employees. and have focus groups ask questions, why do you not live in san francisco? is it a cost factor? is it the type of housing that's available doesn't suit your needs? are the schools not up to your expectations, or you're not assured of a neighborhood school? how about park and rec? but try to consebastianvthv traitv -- concentrate on the factors because if we knew what it was keeping people from living here that work here we would be able to make decisions to incline more people, create housing they want at a cross level, if possible. on the other side of the coin that was not mentioned, it may no
and use it as a tool to help us make some of our decisions. for example, the whole survey, as was mentioned earlier, the approximately 50% of the jobs in san francisco are held by nonresidents, a little bit more, i think. and i think we need -- the city should undertake focus groups with major employers in san francisco privately as well as their own city employees, which is a large employment group. ucsf and other state or federal and state employees. and have focus groups ask questions, why...
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we know it would use the tracks. it would go through there, but they're sort of -- the stations are further to the north and further to the south of the site. so, that kind of -- we're keeping track of those things. that is the extent of the information that we have. so, i'll leave it up for questions and more details. >> thank you. we'll open it up for public comment. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll go to commissioner comments. commissioner moore. >> thank you for the [speaker not understood] and good sense of humer. [laughter] >> i have a separate question. you addressed some more comprehensive issues sub fronding the project. that being leland. but i have a focused question and then the issue of bay lands and brisbane because that is a megaproject and i hope that we will be able to create a dialogue with the city about projects which are compatible with each other across jurisdictional boundary lines. the other issue is way back when at the north and to the east there is a small commun
we know it would use the tracks. it would go through there, but they're sort of -- the stations are further to the north and further to the south of the site. so, that kind of -- we're keeping track of those things. that is the extent of the information that we have. so, i'll leave it up for questions and more details. >> thank you. we'll open it up for public comment. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, we'll go to commissioner comments. commissioner moore. >>...
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at night in the japantown special use district. the outdoor area faces approximately 60 bedrooms in the interior courtyard area and currently there is no written provision for an acoustic mechanism to contain the noise from the restaurant. the outdoor patio is simply surrounded by a six-foot six-inch fence. the trees and shrubbery do not mitigate surrounding neighborhood noise. thank you very much for your consideration in this quality of life matter. >> thank you. i'm going to interrupt public comment just for a second. commissioner wu. >> although i serve on this commission as an individual town cdc is my employer and, so, i think for public transparency, to avoid any sense of conflict, i will recuse myself from the item. ask to be recused. >> so moved. >> second. >> on that motion to recuse, commissioner wu, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. he commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> a
at night in the japantown special use district. the outdoor area faces approximately 60 bedrooms in the interior courtyard area and currently there is no written provision for an acoustic mechanism to contain the noise from the restaurant. the outdoor patio is simply surrounded by a six-foot six-inch fence. the trees and shrubbery do not mitigate surrounding neighborhood noise. thank you very much for your consideration in this quality of life matter. >> thank you. i'm going to interrupt...
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request for conditional use authorization. item 5, case no. 2012.0725c, 475 eucalyptus drive, request for conditional use authorization. i have no speaker cards, commissioners, for these items. >> is there any public comment on the items on the consent calendar? seeing none, commissioner moore? >> i ask that item 475 eucalyptus drive on consent, i have a couple of questions. and i think this commission needs to have instructions on how this particular use is regulated. so, i ask that it be moved. >> commissioner antonini. >> given that, i would move that we approve the other two items on the consent calendar. those being items number 3, i guess it is, and 4. >> second. >> no, it's 2 and 3. >> just to make it clear, one is 738 6th avenue and the other is 501-503 and 505-51 1 laguna. >> i second that. >> on the motion to continue items 3 and 4 -- excuse me to approve items 3 and 4, excuse me. commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissio
request for conditional use authorization. item 5, case no. 2012.0725c, 475 eucalyptus drive, request for conditional use authorization. i have no speaker cards, commissioners, for these items. >> is there any public comment on the items on the consent calendar? seeing none, commissioner moore? >> i ask that item 475 eucalyptus drive on consent, i have a couple of questions. and i think this commission needs to have instructions on how this particular use is regulated. so, i ask...
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it's the same as us. if i could work for mcdonald's minimum wage and vacation and medical and everything and come up to 15, 16 hours. after a few years i could be a manager of the store. after another five years i could be manager of the street and then the city and could move up. they promised us if you come and work as a cab driver without medical, without vacation, without sick leave, without anything then our bones, our backs hurt. we cannot push us old age over 60 years old and then we get a medallion to help pay our bills. that is what it's for. they are on breach of contract. if you have no jurisdictions then when are you going to stop? if they say we're going to pale the skins like indians. are you going to say that's wrong? at some point you stop. it is wrong. they pass the proposition 26. why did they pass it? because department and commissioners were abusing their positions. they passed it. they say you can only collect the money that is allocated to the cost of implementing the regulations. th
it's the same as us. if i could work for mcdonald's minimum wage and vacation and medical and everything and come up to 15, 16 hours. after a few years i could be a manager of the store. after another five years i could be manager of the street and then the city and could move up. they promised us if you come and work as a cab driver without medical, without vacation, without sick leave, without anything then our bones, our backs hurt. we cannot push us old age over 60 years old and then we get...
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just think everybody here today and 1 dollar from all of us. that can really help and donate at red cross .org and we thank you for your generosity. it was just two years ago that we captured the championship since moving to san francisco and i think we're happy we didn't have to wait until 52 years. [cheers and applause] we've got another trophy in this great city by the bay. [cheers and applause] so today giants fans once again you are all world champions and together we are giants, so we have a wonderful program planned for you today and i know you're anxious to get this started started and bring the guys out and celebrate your 2012 san francisco giants so let's get started. first of all we are joined by a number of special dignitaries who have helped to make san francisco one of the best baseball towns -- no, the best baseball town in america. [cheers and applause] let us now welcome and please show your love and enthusiasm the mayor of city and county of san francisco the honorable edwin lee. former mayor and current lieutenant governor th
just think everybody here today and 1 dollar from all of us. that can really help and donate at red cross .org and we thank you for your generosity. it was just two years ago that we captured the championship since moving to san francisco and i think we're happy we didn't have to wait until 52 years. [cheers and applause] we've got another trophy in this great city by the bay. [cheers and applause] so today giants fans once again you are all world champions and together we are giants, so we...
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please help us. help 7,000 cab drivers get what they need and proposition a approved by the people to regulate the cab, but not to steal from the cab. please help us. 7,000 cab drivers need your help. please help us. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good evening. i am marvin ramos and with desoto cab for 15 years and frankly i don't know what to say. i'm not a speaker. other than i feel that there is no representation for us cab drivers, and i don't know. during this whole session here i got this vision that there's top feeders and bottom feeders, and my experience recently has been there's just so much clear example of what is going on at the top on the bottom. it's like the general public is going out there and doing their own limo, their own homo cab, their own lift cab, their own sight car. it's endless. so who is going to remain to regulate the top? at this point the sf mta -- there's lots things out on the road as a cab driver i could get to my customers much more efficiently cr
please help us. help 7,000 cab drivers get what they need and proposition a approved by the people to regulate the cab, but not to steal from the cab. please help us. 7,000 cab drivers need your help. please help us. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good evening. i am marvin ramos and with desoto cab for 15 years and frankly i don't know what to say. i'm not a speaker. other than i feel that there is no representation for us cab drivers, and i don't know. during this...
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it was a wonderful exercise in taking care of the more fragile among us. anyway fast forward three and a half years newly elected mayor he asks me to be the director of emergency services and i really didn't want to do it because of what i have seen and he went to my house and my wife wanted to. >> >> live in san francisco so my goose was cooked. i took over the job and i planned to return to the east coast. there was one staff member, no vehicles, no money, no nothing, and through the good efforts of a director of public works at the time they built seismically configured foundations and they brought in double wides and built the interim emergency command center which is the community building over there and that was where we were. no furniture, no telephones, no nothing. i came the first day and ask where is the command center? it's in construction. it's that area in the park and you have one employee. she's not really yours. she was the mayor's pir, public relations person, and she's been -- apparently that was siberia for seem for people from the mayor
it was a wonderful exercise in taking care of the more fragile among us. anyway fast forward three and a half years newly elected mayor he asks me to be the director of emergency services and i really didn't want to do it because of what i have seen and he went to my house and my wife wanted to. >> >> live in san francisco so my goose was cooked. i took over the job and i planned to return to the east coast. there was one staff member, no vehicles, no money, no nothing, and through...
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you can give us direction. by way of background, i put a slide up if sfgtv folks could go to the overhead for me. it shows, it shows our hetch hetchy annual generation. and, you know, we have 90 years worth of data that we're relying on to project forward. this slide shows you both the actual hetchy generation in the blue bars. the wet year projection, what we refer to as a wet year, what we refer to as normal year here in the green dash line. and then dry year. we use those same scenarios for our budget planning and financial planning. we set the budget every -- on our budget cycle every two years, assuming a normal generation year, a normal water year. of course, there are exceptions to that which this slide shows. so, the act requires that we -- that we start in calendar year 2011 meet 100% of our retail energy needs from hetch hetchy and rps eligible resources on a calendar year basis. it does have some limited exceptions and i'll describe those to you. what that means to us, sort of the simple math which i
you can give us direction. by way of background, i put a slide up if sfgtv folks could go to the overhead for me. it shows, it shows our hetch hetchy annual generation. and, you know, we have 90 years worth of data that we're relying on to project forward. this slide shows you both the actual hetchy generation in the blue bars. the wet year projection, what we refer to as a wet year, what we refer to as normal year here in the green dash line. and then dry year. we use those same scenarios for...
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there were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. and tell us what to wear. someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up -- this is who i looked up to. he had a notorious reputation. there was the violence and in return, we had the pros and cons for that. a lot of people would mess with me because of who my father was -- to my brother was. they became my enemies. it was not a choice. this is just how was. let's go get him. and it comes to the place, you get tired of running. i did not see this as being wrong. what people defined as a gang, that must be a gang member right there. i have tattoos on my arm and neck and hand, and none of them are getting associated. they all tell personal story in my life. somebody
there were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. and tell us what to wear. someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up --...
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please check out his plaque after you have cake with us and thank you very much and go giants. [applause] >> >> >>
please check out his plaque after you have cake with us and thank you very much and go giants. [applause] >> >> >>
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and talk to us and give us an update if they're changing policy on us? >> well, this came out of -- this should have happened months ago because if i recall right, the redevelopment agency was dissolved in, what, john, february, march? and then there was a lot to do on the union negotiations with them because they had rights. so i do think that it would not necessarily be bad in the next couple months to have an update from them and, you know, coordinate that in some of the topics that might be timely since we're going to be going into budget again. the biggest hurdle, honestly, right now the biggest hurdle is a software system that was designed and installed that is extremely difficult and it has some issues in business practice. in other words, when like if pamela were doing, and she'll be up here, but fa if she was doing a process it has to lack at what are the rules. this thing doesn't, it's very difficult and there's recognition all throughout the city that this has caused problems for a lot of departments and those are the kinds of things we're run
and talk to us and give us an update if they're changing policy on us? >> well, this came out of -- this should have happened months ago because if i recall right, the redevelopment agency was dissolved in, what, john, february, march? and then there was a lot to do on the union negotiations with them because they had rights. so i do think that it would not necessarily be bad in the next couple months to have an update from them and, you know, coordinate that in some of the topics that...
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and i think it would be wrong for us to -- it would be wrong for us given the fact that we do have a labor management partnership. i know exactly who represents the employers and it really is about creating those work opportunities. i'm going to also say that i'm going to make myself available, not just to the people that are members of these labor organizations that i mentioned, but also the other organizations, but more importantly, i think the labor unions, the two i just mentioned and others are so sensitive and so in touch with our responsibilities in the community to open those doors and to facilitate work opportunities for the people that actually were part of this now before a lot of these union members came into the town. so, i'm hoping i can get some help from the people and the public to do that because i do recognize that there are conversations that have to take place with respect to these lbes. to the brothers and sisters that showed up today, i'm with you 100%. to the contractors who are here today, i'm with you 100%. but to the people that live in the city and county
and i think it would be wrong for us to -- it would be wrong for us given the fact that we do have a labor management partnership. i know exactly who represents the employers and it really is about creating those work opportunities. i'm going to also say that i'm going to make myself available, not just to the people that are members of these labor organizations that i mentioned, but also the other organizations, but more importantly, i think the labor unions, the two i just mentioned and...
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it does not make us a police agency or a correctional agency. but does it make us a law enforcement entity, given our responsibility to enforce particular laws, some of which have no one else to enforce them? that is a legal question that i would be interested from hearing from miss herrick on that one. >> certainly, so i would not call the ethics commission a law enforcement agency under 6254 f, typically that it does reply on the police agency and fire departments when they are doing arson investigations for example, may be law enforcement agencies... i don't... i don't recall seeing that anywhere in the materials, a reliance on 6254 f, i did not rely on 6254 f. there are other state laws that protect the disclosure of confidential information in the government code 6276 and 6276.32, which are part of the public records act, as well as the government code section that the controller's office relies on in terms of the protection of the whistle blower complaints and that is government code section 53087.6. so while i agree, with mr. shaw that th
it does not make us a police agency or a correctional agency. but does it make us a law enforcement entity, given our responsibility to enforce particular laws, some of which have no one else to enforce them? that is a legal question that i would be interested from hearing from miss herrick on that one. >> certainly, so i would not call the ethics commission a law enforcement agency under 6254 f, typically that it does reply on the police agency and fire departments when they are doing...
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and if you do, you'll be back here to see us. and so, i think that once again, i go back to the fact that under the current system, because we have so many of those individuals who were once incarcerated at the state level, being pushed down to the counties, there's no room at the end in terms of the county jails. so misdemeanors aren't going to be sentenced to county jail but will be sentenced in community service or whatever. and for those individuals who do need some measure of control and supervision to deal about -- deal with their conviction problems, it's not going to happen at the misdemeanor level. >> let me go to a couple of the questions from the audience. i've shared them with our district attorney. george, two questions there, one related to whether or not drug possession should be treated differently for adults than from juveniles. and then a question about back on track, whether or not that program would be positively or adversely affected by senator leno's proposal. >> yes, let me start with the first question con
and if you do, you'll be back here to see us. and so, i think that once again, i go back to the fact that under the current system, because we have so many of those individuals who were once incarcerated at the state level, being pushed down to the counties, there's no room at the end in terms of the county jails. so misdemeanors aren't going to be sentenced to county jail but will be sentenced in community service or whatever. and for those individuals who do need some measure of control and...
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that uses diesel pumps to pump the water from the ocean so it's not just a fire house, it's also us being exposed to diesel exst
that uses diesel pumps to pump the water from the ocean so it's not just a fire house, it's also us being exposed to diesel exst
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we've got 78,000 square feet of positive absorption to date and forecasters are telling us to anticipate 1 1/2 to 2 million square feet by the end of this year. you don't need me to tell you how successful you are. just look around at all the cranes. in fact, i thought i was going to be late this morning because of the crane action and a lot of construction that's going on in the city, along with oracle's open world and all the events starting up and we're still getting around the city, thanks to sfmta but you can also see our success not just in what we're building. this week we announced all the wonderful world class events that we're holding and hosting in our great city. whether it's fleet week, hardly strictly blue grass, america's cup, our own giants winning -- by the way, thanks for beating la last night -- or our very dominant performance by our san francisco 49er's, wow, both sides. this weekend is going to be one of the most significant ones because we have all these in play plus we have concerts and so many events going on and we have neighborhoods activated and connecting up.
we've got 78,000 square feet of positive absorption to date and forecasters are telling us to anticipate 1 1/2 to 2 million square feet by the end of this year. you don't need me to tell you how successful you are. just look around at all the cranes. in fact, i thought i was going to be late this morning because of the crane action and a lot of construction that's going on in the city, along with oracle's open world and all the events starting up and we're still getting around the city, thanks...
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when a lottery is used. walk us through quickly. i built some units, i'm a developer. i have three bmr units, i'm ready to go. what happens? >> you get your units priced, fill the form out and i send you pricing for your units and this is what your maximum prices are. you submit a marketing plan and that marketing plan says you have to publicize your units for a 28-day period which is moving to 45 for ownership, 28 for rental. and that means we post it on our website, we send out an e-mail alert to 10,000 people that have signed up through the city. the developer, the sponsor publishes in five local venues, can be craig's list, local papers, that hits a demographic group in save. and they have to do a weekend paper over two weekends. we'll have info sessions if there are two or more units. we leave most of it. we show up and talk about the program. it's mostly questions about how to qualify. they talk about the units. and then they're collecting applications throughout that process themselves and there are application we provide. and we make it clear what it's for, wha
when a lottery is used. walk us through quickly. i built some units, i'm a developer. i have three bmr units, i'm ready to go. what happens? >> you get your units priced, fill the form out and i send you pricing for your units and this is what your maximum prices are. you submit a marketing plan and that marketing plan says you have to publicize your units for a 28-day period which is moving to 45 for ownership, 28 for rental. and that means we post it on our website, we send out an...
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that's what is before us. commissioners, if he disclosed his history, and that was a legitimate basis for the department to deny it because of the conviction, i'm not understanding -- >> the department has indicated two things in their denial process. one is that he hid his conviction record as part of the reason why he was denied. >> and it's legitimately applicable to the application. then it seems they properly denied his permit. i'm missing something here. >> well, in my opinion there is no proof of conviction so there is no basis before and we're reviewing de novo there was no basis. in other words, we have no proof before us there was a conviction as defined by the statute. we have nothing and the department admitted that they haven't presented proof of this conviction. we don't know if this man was convicted of anything or if it's within the statute. >> i understand that. so would it be appropriate to continue it . ask the department to stub stageiate their position. >> we asked the department and it wa
that's what is before us. commissioners, if he disclosed his history, and that was a legitimate basis for the department to deny it because of the conviction, i'm not understanding -- >> the department has indicated two things in their denial process. one is that he hid his conviction record as part of the reason why he was denied. >> and it's legitimately applicable to the application. then it seems they properly denied his permit. i'm missing something here. >> well, in my...
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you can't use tax credits and you can't use, you know, hud loans or senior housing programs. but then we did allow explicitly in 2010 the projects could use cdlac which is the california debt allocation committee bond financing available with the state particularly coupled with 4% tax credit to build their inclusionary unit, as long as they built more units and at a deeper level of afford ability. the reason we allowed that funding is because it's less competitive than other funding. we felt there was plenty of it out there and also we're getting more units at deeper affordability. we went ahead in 2010 and exempted these projects from inclusionary housing program thinking that their monitoring procedures were too much in conflict and learned after that there is no reason to exempt them, we can handle it. and their procedures can be synchronized. but more importantly, we don't want to lose the long-term affordability of these units. this is 4% tax credit unit are not restricted for a longer period as the inclusionary units. the inclusionary units are now restricted for the li
you can't use tax credits and you can't use, you know, hud loans or senior housing programs. but then we did allow explicitly in 2010 the projects could use cdlac which is the california debt allocation committee bond financing available with the state particularly coupled with 4% tax credit to build their inclusionary unit, as long as they built more units and at a deeper level of afford ability. the reason we allowed that funding is because it's less competitive than other funding. we felt...
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, as easy to use format as i think as the circumstances. the way that the summaries were put together, i think was efficient and allowed the public to understand for the most part, what we had done and what we were planning to do. it was the behind the scenes and thankless task but it was an important task. and particularly for public access to those documents in a quick, efficient way was valuable and i appreciate that. >> any other comments on the annual report? >> no, thank you, i was just going to say thank you for putting it together and i do like the suggestion of bringing the future items back through the year as it makes sense so that we can revisit and see where we are and if we are on track with the goals ta we set out. >> can we identify in here, the number of similar complaints that we have handled >> yeah, what i will do is there was actually a separate annual report on the whistle blower program. in fact i received it last week. so, what we will do is at the appropriate place in the report, we will mention that report and add
, as easy to use format as i think as the circumstances. the way that the summaries were put together, i think was efficient and allowed the public to understand for the most part, what we had done and what we were planning to do. it was the behind the scenes and thankless task but it was an important task. and particularly for public access to those documents in a quick, efficient way was valuable and i appreciate that. >> any other comments on the annual report? >> no, thank you,...
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perhaps we can help with the resources that the city doesn't use to the highest use. let's take our space. we have a lot of assets under utilized. how can we allow the demonstrations that you're having today have a real field test for what they are, and if we could allow ourselves to be very flexible with our leases, our spaces we will allow ourselves to do that with partnership with green start and incubate some of the demonstrationos our property, let's take what we're doing specifically. with our sfpuc, with the department of the environment and melanie is here today and doing a great job with our mos connie center and i know we have a lot of panels up there already but doesn't fill all the roof tops and there is new technology coming out all the time. we have been challenged in the solar technology arena because traditional technology has heavy weight technology that always challenged the integrity of roof tops, and moscone is the one we found and let that be for one of these companies and light ultralight technology and use, cheaper way of getting solar out there
perhaps we can help with the resources that the city doesn't use to the highest use. let's take our space. we have a lot of assets under utilized. how can we allow the demonstrations that you're having today have a real field test for what they are, and if we could allow ourselves to be very flexible with our leases, our spaces we will allow ourselves to do that with partnership with green start and incubate some of the demonstrationos our property, let's take what we're doing specifically....
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this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates continue to squeeze local budgets. increasing costs are forcing discussions about how we provide services. technology is requiring that we move more quickly than we have in a long time. building a network of partners to support our city government at this time will be more important than ever and will be critical as we were to emerge from the recession. we have a real opportunity here. we also have a real responsibility to help investment and success of our city. spur is committed to making this happen. we hope that all of you join us as we work to leverage a lot of these partnerships once again. spur is a nonprofit. member-supported t
this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates continue to squeeze local budgets. increasing costs are forcing discussions about how we provide...
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switchbacks are a symptom to us or a tactic, not part of the problem, so when do we use them? we use them when you have a significant break down, delay in service, a delay that might be 15, 20 minutes depending on the line in the headway. most of the switch back review is focused on the rail lines and on the rail line what is we have done with the help and oversight of the board of supervisors we had three or four different hearings on that we have talked about why we need to do them which is -- with our system -- we don't have express tracks. we don't have the ability to plug extra trains into the system, so that if you had for example out bound train that broke down you have to take care of the out bound people but you need to take care of the in bound people so that requires in our system provides taking that out bound train into in bound train if you're the people and that's when we talk about switchbacks benefiting service and that's what we mean and what we try to do with switchbacks and a number of steps taken to improve it. first of all the first source of complaints i
switchbacks are a symptom to us or a tactic, not part of the problem, so when do we use them? we use them when you have a significant break down, delay in service, a delay that might be 15, 20 minutes depending on the line in the headway. most of the switch back review is focused on the rail lines and on the rail line what is we have done with the help and oversight of the board of supervisors we had three or four different hearings on that we have talked about why we need to do them which is...
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>> you would rather have us review the documents? is that your position? >> absolutely. >> you could use a hearing officer. >> sir, not i am going to hear from you. >> i am not going to hear from you, please, shut down. >> i want to object to one thing only. >> if i let you speak everybody has to speak. and we are not going to go forward with this. >> on that part of the voters we said that 6724 is part of the law of this county and you cannot just throw it out... >> can i make myself clear? >> no. >> i want an ethics commiting commissioner not a deposit city attorney to review those files i want you to look at those. >> could we turn off that mic? >> i would be prepared to make a motion along the lines of
>> you would rather have us review the documents? is that your position? >> absolutely. >> you could use a hearing officer. >> sir, not i am going to hear from you. >> i am not going to hear from you, please, shut down. >> i want to object to one thing only. >> if i let you speak everybody has to speak. and we are not going to go forward with this. >> on that part of the voters we said that 6724 is part of the law of this county and you cannot...
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why doesn't it matter now who regulates us now? why should we lose rights because sf mta is regulating us? you heard individual appeals over the last couple of years since sf mta has had jurisdictio
why doesn't it matter now who regulates us now? why should we lose rights because sf mta is regulating us? you heard individual appeals over the last couple of years since sf mta has had jurisdictio
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but legal use as a three unit building. many other building inspection department permits were issued. in 1947 this is listed as a three unit building. in 1986 was listed as three unit building. the housing department shows it as three unit building. in 1999 an application was issued showing description of building, three units. less specific and i want to be honest with you is a report in the san francisco report data in 1997. it shows present authorized use unknown while the building occupancy of r3, two units of less, and 1999 permit application saying that the building was one family dwelling so we have a few anomalies in a pattern of three unit building. we have erroneous recording of special restrictions reducing it down to three units. we have more importantly tenants that are relying on a place to live and my clients who made a huge economic choice in buying that three unit building. the general plan of the city of san francisco is we don't take units off market. we encourage units to be maintained on market and we
but legal use as a three unit building. many other building inspection department permits were issued. in 1947 this is listed as a three unit building. in 1986 was listed as three unit building. the housing department shows it as three unit building. in 1999 an application was issued showing description of building, three units. less specific and i want to be honest with you is a report in the san francisco report data in 1997. it shows present authorized use unknown while the building...
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mark primo consulting with us on all our capital projects and departments. martin who provided a lot of leadership in this area. [cheering and applauding] >> and now that everybody is clapping, let's do the ribbon cutting and get inside. [laughter] >> okay. we're going to now do our ribbon cutting and then we're going to invite everybody in to tour the facility to get some hot coffee or tea, warm up, and some snacks. and if we could have the mayor and barbara come up and all of our other esteemed guests. >> 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheering and applauding] ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to t
mark primo consulting with us on all our capital projects and departments. martin who provided a lot of leadership in this area. [cheering and applauding] >> and now that everybody is clapping, let's do the ribbon cutting and get inside. [laughter] >> okay. we're going to now do our ribbon cutting and then we're going to invite everybody in to tour the facility to get some hot coffee or tea, warm up, and some snacks. and if we could have the mayor and barbara come up and all of our...
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>> we use the [inaudible] for the holes and the retaining walls. [inaudible]. white on the fire hydrants. fire box red for the fire boxes. our brown for the pg and e poles. >> we are not painters we do our best. >> i'm assuming it has to do with gang activity. >> if it's territorial i mind. >> in case it's gang related and they are marking our territory i would like to paint it over. >> anything with numbers like x iv or x 13 west side mob and the bay view those are gang related. with gang related or profanity we will abait it as soon as possible. >> i consider it an art. there are circles of people that form around it whether or not they should ruin public property. >> this is art work i'm for it. unless it's on someone's property and they don't want it there. judge kids with silver paint expressing their ego needs doesn't belong on our property. >> graffiti is when you don' >> when there's good children's theater, it is good theater. if it is good theater, you would like it. even if it is for children that, is what i think. i know for the velveteen rabbit, i
>> we use the [inaudible] for the holes and the retaining walls. [inaudible]. white on the fire hydrants. fire box red for the fire boxes. our brown for the pg and e poles. >> we are not painters we do our best. >> i'm assuming it has to do with gang activity. >> if it's territorial i mind. >> in case it's gang related and they are marking our territory i would like to paint it over. >> anything with numbers like x iv or x 13 west side mob and the bay view...
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they were supposed to be better than us after a bunch of trades. the los angeles dodgers are -- all right. the giants. they're down to two games of cincinnati. they win three straight. the reds are? >> audience: out of here! >> it has to be louder for the next two. are you ready? the giants go to st. louis and need to win there and back home. the st. louis cardinals are? >> audience: out of here! >> now for the big one. the mighty american league detroit tigers. you ready? the detroit tigers -- they are? audience: out of here! >> you never disappoint. here is my partner mike. >> well, we have become an organization of expertation. there's expectation when you win a championship in 2010 and there is expectation when you get in that ballpark everyday and it's over flowing with your love and affection and there is purity in the formula that this organization goes about trying to meet those standards of excellence. it starts with the fans of historians that we call investors that kept us here in san francisco and goes to the front office comprised of m
they were supposed to be better than us after a bunch of trades. the los angeles dodgers are -- all right. the giants. they're down to two games of cincinnati. they win three straight. the reds are? >> audience: out of here! >> it has to be louder for the next two. are you ready? the giants go to st. louis and need to win there and back home. the st. louis cardinals are? >> audience: out of here! >> now for the big one. the mighty american league detroit tigers. you...
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well i am torn between what we hear urging us to act on the matters that come before us related to the sunshine task force and the recommendation that we put all off until a time on when we can act on the regulations related to how we hear them. so i think that we are left to decide what pace made sense and with regard to this one, i think we should be thorough and that commissioner liu on this discussion have identified that it sounds like there is something worth having to look at. i'm still... i think that is a point that is worth pursuing with respect to the additional documents and i would recommend that we hold this over. i think that there also is a fuller representation of the commission, would be helpful. we can use all of the minds available on this one. >> this has been held over, already, once, it has been pending a long time. i think that we should decide what we can decide. if we have some concerns about potential communications between ethics and the city controllers office regarding the complaint, that there may be some disclosable documents, then that may be something
well i am torn between what we hear urging us to act on the matters that come before us related to the sunshine task force and the recommendation that we put all off until a time on when we can act on the regulations related to how we hear them. so i think that we are left to decide what pace made sense and with regard to this one, i think we should be thorough and that commissioner liu on this discussion have identified that it sounds like there is something worth having to look at. i'm...
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with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger and takes everything you have to go forward, and everyone else that would want to run away, the people you will hear about tonight not only went forward, but they stood their ground, they saved lives, they promoted public safety, and i have been attending the medal of valor ceremonies as a captai
with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your...
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muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion dates that are years away" . on f8 which concerns a new control center lacking adequate operating personnel and f9 muni has failed to conduct and publish rider survey and muni agreed with both of these findings. as far as the recommendations, the first recommendation is to eliminate switchbacks except when unavoidable. muni disagrees with the recommendation reasserting that switch backs are valid and necessary given the operating environment. they have worked on reducing the switchbacks and keeping the public informed and would further denigate service and safety. the jury answers, "that's what we're get
muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion...
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thank you for trusting us. we will see you the next time news breaks. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever you're craving. spend 25 and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or get another of the best deals around. a frozen butterball, 99 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair...grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life.
thank you for trusting us. we will see you the next time news breaks. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever you're craving. spend 25 and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or get another of the best deals around. a frozen butterball, 99 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair...grab a...
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(applause) >> does anyone have any questions for any of us? >> [inaudible] [speaker not understood]. >> let's set the record straight. this is a grant and we applied for it a long time ago. and we just got the grant award, number one. number two, my office has been holding the seminar for domestic violence awareness month for several years. so, the grant and this event has nothing to do with anyone. the other thing that i want to make really clear is that i think we need to -- and i'm going to use a metaphor here. we need to keep our aye on the ball. when it comes to domestic violence, the ball is not ross mirkarimi, it's not george gascone. it's the hundreds and thousands of victims and their families impacted every day. women's are suffering in silence. and there has been unfortunately in the last few months in this city, a setback because of the way that one individual has elected to handle his own personal shortcomings. let's be really clear here. there is only one person that committed a crime here, it's ross mirkarimi. george gascone did
(applause) >> does anyone have any questions for any of us? >> [inaudible] [speaker not understood]. >> let's set the record straight. this is a grant and we applied for it a long time ago. and we just got the grant award, number one. number two, my office has been holding the seminar for domestic violence awareness month for several years. so, the grant and this event has nothing to do with anyone. the other thing that i want to make really clear is that i think we need to --...
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all of us have that kid. they touch us for reasons we cannot articulate. i don't know why bobby touched me, his name was little devil but i never wanted to call him by that name. i think about his personality and that maybe the reason. he was 14 years old and had been abused, and was in foster placement with his hat -- aunt. i fell in love with him in the most proper, loving, in the most big sister way. i would say to him, with all the ignorance of the young social worker, i will always be here for you, always. always. it was a friday night, and i had gone on a string of disasters states, this was in the 1980's. we hooked up, but said we didn't. it was 2:00am and i was getting home. i lived in venice, california. the rent was affordable. but this was to in the morning. the house had a wraparound porch. i was walking up to my house, and there was a shadowy figure on the porch. i did what any concert -- god- fearing a young woman did. i reached for my can of mace, and i was prepared. i looked at the chateau -- shadow, and i heard the voice and knew it was bo
all of us have that kid. they touch us for reasons we cannot articulate. i don't know why bobby touched me, his name was little devil but i never wanted to call him by that name. i think about his personality and that maybe the reason. he was 14 years old and had been abused, and was in foster placement with his hat -- aunt. i fell in love with him in the most proper, loving, in the most big sister way. i would say to him, with all the ignorance of the young social worker, i will always be here...
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. >>> a hazardous situation is giving a problem, tara joins us to tell us what is going on live. >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you can see these windows are still open. they are letting some of these people back in so they can grab their belongings so they don't miss their flight a fire chief said it's all due to a carbon none oxide league. you can see police are here on scene and all of the windows to the nbc sweets are here to ventilate the building and it all started when somebody needed to be transported to the hospital. we don't know what their illness was but fire crews came out and six hours later they were called out again and this time they discovered the problem and evacuated about 1,000 people, that is nearly 1,000 people outside in the combed. >> they did some sam beg and found out there was a high level of carbon monoxide. so they sent the san mateo health department to determine what was going on here. >> they linked this to a faulty boiler, some have been camping out in their cars. it is extremely chilly and windy. that victim we told you about, they are being tre
. >>> a hazardous situation is giving a problem, tara joins us to tell us what is going on live. >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you can see these windows are still open. they are letting some of these people back in so they can grab their belongings so they don't miss their flight a fire chief said it's all due to a carbon none oxide league. you can see police are here on scene and all of the windows to the nbc sweets are here to ventilate the building and it all...
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it would talk to us. chief. he is on the phone. let me tell you what he told me. this all started with a boiler at the hotel. something from the boiler emitted carbon monoxide or what ever reason it may be an alarm or a trigger. thank you for joining me chief. >> what costa carbon monoxide level to go up and forcing us to you to evacuate people. >> we saw him now functioning boiler aboil with a high level of carbon monoxide in the room. we feel that was the source of it. what we did was isolated by setting the boiler down. since that time the carbon monoxide levels have dropped significantly. >> was there an alarm or other people getting or someone that was it. >> carbon monoxide is a colorless cola as tasteless. it would be a report obnoxiousness people being passed out or something along those lines. we have had no medical problems here. i do not know if vote was an internal alarm that triggered it or something else cause it to be called in for a public as is. we evacuated and took a cautious that we di
it would talk to us. chief. he is on the phone. let me tell you what he told me. this all started with a boiler at the hotel. something from the boiler emitted carbon monoxide or what ever reason it may be an alarm or a trigger. thank you for joining me chief. >> what costa carbon monoxide level to go up and forcing us to you to evacuate people. >> we saw him now functioning boiler aboil with a high level of carbon monoxide in the room. we feel that was the source of it. what we did...
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hercules gave us twoñ rááf which is a bit of an ano but they're great officers. >> as wen?p]p/ also move into this meeting we hired 11 laterals but we lost two good officers in the last three%m kevins. we losttc]w÷h person. he gave is heart and soul to protect the officers and the public. he walked a beat on 6th street and working with officers who had matters before this commission and bargaining on their behalf. they walked into the sunset in retirement and it wouldzo unfair not to mention both of them. >> they would >>ok commissioner kingsley. >> commissioner kingsley: i thought october is ahey month and that this would be a good time to do a ride-along and be out on the streets with?uugç?[xan officer and get the feel for the busy city that it>fég3l0 is. and so thee halloween,
hercules gave us twoñ rááf which is a bit of an ano but they're great officers. >> as wen?p]p/ also move into this meeting we hired 11 laterals but we lost two good officers in the last three%m kevins. we losttc]w÷h person. he gave is heart and soul to protect the officers and the public. he walked a beat on 6th street and working with officers who had matters before this commission and bargaining on their behalf. they walked into the sunset in retirement and it wouldzo unfair not to...
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that's a very exciting milestone for us. a second one is right here next door and i hope if you didn't get a chance to see it on your way in you'll get a chance to see it on your way out. on saturday half the pier disappeared. it's gone for the most part. it's 90% complete with no serious issues or concerns. there are a few isolated structures which you might be able to see one is up against the pier 1 building. a concrete structure. as well as some of the very, very old ferry floats out towards the back. the project will be substantially complete by the end of this month, which is the middle of next week already. and that is several months ahead of our obligation to complete it by march of 2013. and you may recall that this is an important aspect of our permit with respect to the americas cup and pier 27 cruise terminal project. the pier item was bid out under the fourth amendment to the turner's pier cruise terminal contract. the total project is $1.3 million with $1 million going to a local lbe construction contractor, wh
that's a very exciting milestone for us. a second one is right here next door and i hope if you didn't get a chance to see it on your way in you'll get a chance to see it on your way out. on saturday half the pier disappeared. it's gone for the most part. it's 90% complete with no serious issues or concerns. there are a few isolated structures which you might be able to see one is up against the pier 1 building. a concrete structure. as well as some of the very, very old ferry floats out...
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-- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents of mark leno's measure would say it's not the amount of drug that somebody is in possession of, the fact that they're using drugs indicates they've got to find a way to supply themselves with ongoing, you know, sources of drugs or by taking the drugs, they're going to place themselves in a state that makes them more likely to commit crime. is this a valid argument? >> well, i think there are -- i think not everybody who uses drug is a drug addict. and there's a segment of the population that recreationally uses narcotics and d
-- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents...
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and for those of us who have grown up in the united states, this is very hard for us to realize- it's not something that's necessarily been challenged- but there, it's such a link. and we see people, you know, that form an identity around nationalism. now you see, maybe that's a very powerful way that people create identity and relationship. you see what's going on in the united states in the militia movement that we talked about and some of these patriot movements, in which their focus is the evil united states government taking our land away- this is our land, it's our constitution. so these ideas about land and religion are very, very volatile. i'm certainly not prepared. i mean, that's why i'm glad we have a robert moore, who's obviously well-funded, who started an institute at a prestigious place like the university of chicago to head up the parade, because i think someone needs to head up the parade. how you, you know, disarm the kinds of intensity about land we see in kashmir between the pakistanis and the indians- how do we disarm that? you know, we saw what happened in the se
and for those of us who have grown up in the united states, this is very hard for us to realize- it's not something that's necessarily been challenged- but there, it's such a link. and we see people, you know, that form an identity around nationalism. now you see, maybe that's a very powerful way that people create identity and relationship. you see what's going on in the united states in the militia movement that we talked about and some of these patriot movements, in which their focus is the...
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research, because it is our responsibility, and i just don't know whether the law is going to give us a crystal answer than that. >> certainly, i can see the legal problem with having it separate agency make a determination that we somehow passed through as binding. now, could another city, county agency, make a recommendation that we would then have to readjudicate? that sounds like something that would likely be possible and would the premature of a completely, an agency that is totally separated from ours, provide assurances to the public that it was ajudicated correctly, perhaps. fortunately or unfortunately, we would be required to make our own determination, i don't think that we could rubber stamp it whether it was one or another. i don't know how ultimately helpful it is. that said, i certainly have no objection if we could find such an entity to look at it. i mean, i don't necessarily have an objection to that. i just don't know whether it saves anybody any time and certainly, i mean flipping it around, would we the san francisco ethics commission be... >> would we do that fo
research, because it is our responsibility, and i just don't know whether the law is going to give us a crystal answer than that. >> certainly, i can see the legal problem with having it separate agency make a determination that we somehow passed through as binding. now, could another city, county agency, make a recommendation that we would then have to readjudicate? that sounds like something that would likely be possible and would the premature of a completely, an agency that is totally...
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and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. i served a total of 16 years. and at 19 years old, that's the first time i ever saw somebody die. coming back, i was raging. i started having pretty horrible nightmares. i started drinking a lot. i guess i never recognized it in myself. it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. . >>> welcome back, so far a much better day than yesterday after a big loss, we are up about 20 minutes. >>> san francisco police made a secretary arrest in connection with the muni bus on the night giants won the world series. he was booked on felony charges including arson and -- arson and vandalism. it shows the suspect smashing the windows of the bus with a skateboard. >>> new this morning, reports of several twitter accounts being hacked. they repor
and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. i served a total of 16 years. and at 19 years old, that's the first time i ever saw somebody die. coming back, i was raging. i started having pretty horrible nightmares. i started drinking a lot. i guess i never recognized it in myself. it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you...
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a different situation for us. >> we do have changing weather. sandhya patel is here with the full forecast. >> dan and carolyn, how about a taste of winter coming early to the bay area? starting tomorrow we will see some major changes. right now doppler 7hd is just showing some cloud cover. higher clouds moving in right now. santa rosa is reporting some fog. it is dense to a quarter of a mile. so it could include patches of dense fog. as we look at the radar, here is the storm system. it is approaching the pacific northwest. they are already seeing the showers beginning to approach. this is the storm that is working its way toward the bay area. it will get here tomorrow. temperatures in the 50s and here are the highlights. cold showers for your thursday and your friday. snow above the highest peaks. mount saint helena and mount diablo and a chance of thunderstorms. the latest computer models are elevating the chance of thunderstorms into your friday morning. here are the morning lows. you will want to wear your coats. make sure the little ones h
a different situation for us. >> we do have changing weather. sandhya patel is here with the full forecast. >> dan and carolyn, how about a taste of winter coming early to the bay area? starting tomorrow we will see some major changes. right now doppler 7hd is just showing some cloud cover. higher clouds moving in right now. santa rosa is reporting some fog. it is dense to a quarter of a mile. so it could include patches of dense fog. as we look at the radar, here is the storm...
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for the different use and it is enjoyment of the environment at the same time for the residents. thank you for being here with this announcement. we get four things out of this. a dog run, heron's head park with the landscape and wonderful access to it. we have the literacy for justice modernization here and of course we have the bi- directional lines for the bicycles and thanks for being here and congratulations to everybody. it has been a great part of this collaboration. this great team work and go giants and now go warriors. [applause] >> thank you mayor lee for your leadership for this development. i want to introduce also monique moyer director of the port. who she began -- became director of the port she noticed how much energy and funds were being focused on the northern waterfront and requested whether or not we could do more in the southern waterfront and i think these projects are an example of how we responded to that challenge, so monique moyer executive director. [applause] >> good morning and thank you. it is wonderful to see so many of our friends and supporters a
for the different use and it is enjoyment of the environment at the same time for the residents. thank you for being here with this announcement. we get four things out of this. a dog run, heron's head park with the landscape and wonderful access to it. we have the literacy for justice modernization here and of course we have the bi- directional lines for the bicycles and thanks for being here and congratulations to everybody. it has been a great part of this collaboration. this great team work...
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can you give us an idea, generally and if you don't know then you can get back to us. but someone who is number 100 on the waiting list, how long they have been working towards it? number 200 and number 300. >>> i would say that -- and taxi services can answer this by looking at their computer. but 100 probably 15 or 16 years and 200, close to the same thing. i mean, the list moves very slowly. >> gotcha. >>> it probably takes -- well, anyway, i think the system is changing. >> thank you, mr. murdo. >> last speaker, barry corn gold. >> good afternoon, mr. corn gold. >>> good afternoon. i'm actually here to bring up a different subject besides telling you how wrong i feel it is you're taking what career cab drivers have looked forward to their whole career and stayed in the industry for, you know, to only advancement cab driver real hayes to look forward to at the end of their career and you guys are taking it to fill your deficit that the cab drivers have nothing to do with. and also i will say that the latest proposed plan will bring this up again next week or next ti
can you give us an idea, generally and if you don't know then you can get back to us. but someone who is number 100 on the waiting list, how long they have been working towards it? number 200 and number 300. >>> i would say that -- and taxi services can answer this by looking at their computer. but 100 probably 15 or 16 years and 200, close to the same thing. i mean, the list moves very slowly. >> gotcha. >>> it probably takes -- well, anyway, i think the system is...